Gibbs: Senate Won’t Pass Obamacare Repeal

Repealing the healthcare reform law stands as a major goal for resurgent Republicans in Congress. But the Democrats’ continued control of the Senate will prevent that body from approving repeal, says White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, The Hill reports.

So there will be no need for President Barack Obama to veto a repeal bill, he says. “I honestly don't think it will come to that.”

Republican leaders, including Sen. Mitch McConnell and Reps. John Boehner and Eric Cantor, have stressed since the whopping Republican victories Tuesday that they still plan to repeal the healthcare and financial reform laws. Obama said in a press conference Wednesday that Americans do not want Congress to “re-litigate” the battles of the last two years.